Oldboy - 4/5. Enjoyed it a lot despite having an inkling that I had heard the twist previously, kinda' was a niggle throughout the film that detracted from it slightly - that's a fault on my part though, of course. Have no idea how Spike Lee's goin' to remake it.

Oldboy - 4/5. Enjoyed it a lot despite having an inkling that I had heard the twist previously, kinda' was a niggle throughout the film that detracted from it slightly - that's a fault on my part though, of course.

Yeah, the way it was shown through the photo album was a brilliant reveal.

Definitely, the memorable set pieces wouldn't translate well Western-wise and thus will most likely be omitted. If they try and tone it down further it'll be effectively ruined as the psychological impact hinges on those sort of things throughout.

Spike Lee is an asshole, that's all I have to say. There is NO NEED for a remake. The original was well received worldwide by all audiences. A lot of people saw it, it's not like some movie that died into obscurity.

How much you wanna bet Spike Lee makes this movie about racism, or some form of racial injustice done to a black character by a white man? $#@! that guy. He has some really good movies, but $#@! that guy and $#@!ty personality.

Well, obviously Josh Brolin's playin' Oh Dae-su; the racial point will definitely hinge on whether Samuel L. Jackson plays the Loo Woo-jin character or Park, the prison manager. Either way there'll be conflicts with both that'll probably involve some sort of racial under/overtone.

It's a must see for any action fan or any Arnie and Stallone aficionado. It's basically Demolition meets Commando meets Shawshank Redemption. It's a mix of awesome, cheese and kick ass action in one combo. The best moments are the one liners and an extreme close up on Arnie's face glaring slowly at the bad guys, before he unleashes the wrath on their ass. And of course, the editor had fun with this too, using those cheesy screen wipe effects to transition to another sequence or act in the story. I counted eight of them. And I gotta say, Arnie kinda killed it one scene. It was perfect. And I've always wanted a movie strictly with Stallone and Arnie sharing a $#@!laod of screen time together since I was a kid in the 90's. Everyone wanted these two action stars to be on-screen. Expendables happened, but the both of them are not on screen enough. This movie is a dream come true.

It's a must see for any action fan or any Arnie and Stallone aficionado. It's basically Demolition meets Commando meets Shawshank Redemption. It's a mix of awesome, cheese and kick ass action in one combo. The best moments are the one liners and an extreme close up on Arnie's face glaring slowly at the bad guys, before he unleashes the wrath on their ass. And of course, the editor had fun with this too, using those cheesy screen wipe effects to transition to another sequence or act in the story. I counted eight of them. And I gotta say, Arnie kinda killed it one scene. It was perfect. And I've always wanted a movie strictly with Stallone and Arnie sharing a $#@!laod of screen time together since I was a kid in the 90's. Everyone wanted these two action stars to be on-screen. Expendables happened, but the both of them are not on screen enough. This movie is a dream come true.

This is basically Borat, but instead of having social commentary it just tries to be funny, and it's definitely quite funny. Both Knoxville and the little boy will make you laugh and they have good chemistry.

I thought this movie was supposed to be scary. There's like one tense moment in it that was pretty neat, and Patrick Wilson with the beautiful Vera Farmiga did a great acting job. But, the movie is just another ghost/paranormal story that's apparently based on true events. Yeah. Call me when you guys actually make a live action movie with a real depiction of a demon or a real depiction of Hell. So far, only Constantine has done this and I love it for that.

Bad Grandpa: 8/10

If you have any doubts, you can rest assured, this is worth the ticket admission. I went on a Tuesday when it was half price tickets. But it deserved the full price. I laughed nearly every minute of this movie. Yeah, it's like the American version of Borat, which people will kinda call out, but you have to remember, this character was written around the same time Ali G wrote Borat for his show, if not, even before Borat.

It's got a lot of laughs and the reactions are the best because he uses props to make the people he's around laugh. I love it. Worth a watch for sure.

I read this book as a kid and it's been one of my favorite books ever since. The movie was severely lacking in story, depth, directing, script, character development, etc. It felt like they were rushing the whole movie along just to get to the end. They left out gigantic plot points and about 80% of the story was missing... including pertinent information regarding the protagonist's siblings (who had about 5 minutes of screen time, despite being part of roughly half the book). The only focus they seemed to have when making this film was the special effects... which were pretty damn awesome... and I saw this in IMAX so the special effects were definitely a treat. Everything else though was half-assed and rushed and just felt horribly put together all over the place. You don't know why the protagonist does what he's doing... you don't know how he got to where he was going... you honestly have no clue what's going on with anything unless you had read the book first.

This movie needed different screenwriters... a different director... and this movie also badly needed narration. If they added another 30 minutes to the film and had the protagonist narrate most of the film you would understand the characters a lot more (and you know... not leaving out most of the story and butchering the story of existing characters). They tried to do visually what they should have done with narrative. For instance:

At the very end of the film when he's staring at the alien queen... you have no $#@!ing clue what's going on and they made no attempt to make you understand. He was understanding everything the alien was feeling... the alien was telling him that she forgives him for destroying her race... that she thought they were the only sentient beings in the universe and that when they attacked earth... they didn't realize it was full of sentient beings so they never attacked earth again because they felt such guilt and horror that they did this to another species similar to their own. They made no attempt to explain any of this or why ender went off in the end to try and find a new home planet. Everything was just left as a big "WTF?" Fortunately, I did read the book and understood everything that was going on... even if nobody else around me did.

They left all meaningful messages regarding humanity out of the film and you honestly couldn't give a $#@! less what happened to anyone... despite many of the characters having each of their own deep layers of humanity and struggle. You don't feel anything for anyone... because you don't understand why any of them are doing anything.

I was very disappointed with this film... more than most book to screen adaptations... and it was butchered horribly and cut off way too short. I could've pulled a better screenplay out of my ass... and I honestly don't know how some of these screenwriters get work. This movie made me honestly feel like I could be a successful movie director. That's how poorly put together this movie is.

Movie was done well enough. I read basically the cliff notes to bridge of gap not knowing anything about the book. I enjoyed the theme and edge that played out. It had to be hard on how to make this movie profitable... as it's not really for kids but adults would be turned off by children as the leads. Actors did well, the direction is good, and the script is pretty solid. It probably couldn't been better, but in light of recent sci-fi adaptations, this is good all things considered.

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